By Michael Roberts In Q1 2024, global stock markets recorded their best first-quarter performance in five years, buoyed by hopes of a soft economic landing
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By Michael Roberts Last week, Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He ran the highly successful FTX bitcoin hedge fund that supposedly
By Michael Roberts The book, The State of Capitalism, is an ambitious work. Written by the NAMe Collective with the lead from Professor Costas Lapavitsas
By Michael Roberts Current IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva is seeking a second five-year term as IMF managing director after being nominated by a string of
By Michael Roberts US corporate profit margins are at record highs, despite slowing price inflation and rising wage increases. Looking at the whole US economy,
By Michael Roberts In 2023, US real GDP grew by 2.5% after inflation – much better than expected. This has been heralded by the media
By Michael Roberts Today Russians are set to head to the polls for their country’s presidential election over three days – with only one expected
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Friday, 8 March 2024. The original article can be found here. ************** The
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on Sunday, 10 March 2024. The original article can be found here. ************** Portugal
By Michael Roberts Last week I attended a book launch at the London School of Economics on behalf of Liam Byrne, a Blairite Labour MP,
